By Jharkhand’s Industries Department has invited feedback on draft industrial and textile policies, both uploaded to the state’s Single Window Portal.
The policies target Rs 1 lakh crore in investment and more than 25,000 employment opportunities.
Industry associations, businesses and the public can submit comments before the final frameworks are prepared.
The final policies are expected to be completed within the next fortnight.
The industrial draft offers MSMEs 20 percent of fixed capital investment and non-MSME units 25 percent, with caps of Rs 15 crore and Rs 30 crore respectively.
Under the industrial draft, MSME units would be eligible for 20 percent of fixed capital investment, capped at Rs 15 crore.
Non-MSME units would receive 25 percent of fixed capital investment, capped at Rs 30 crore, under the same draft.
Entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and differently-abled entrepreneurs would get an additional 5 percent benefit.
The textile draft proposes a 20 percent subsidy on fixed capital investment, with a cap of Rs 50 crore.
The textile draft also offers 100 percent reimbursement of net SGST for seven years, followed by 40 percent for the next three years.
Wage support of Rs 5,000 per month for male workers and Rs 6,000 per month for female workers is proposed for textile units.
Training assistance of up to Rs 13,000 per trainee is part of the proposed incentive package.
The drafts also propose electricity tariff and duty reimbursements, along with reimbursement of stamp duty and registration charges.
The state expects the combined policy push to generate more than 25,000 employment opportunities across manufacturing and textiles.
The two drafts are the Jharkhand Industrial Investment Promotion Policy 2026 and the Jharkhand Textile, Apparel and Footwear Policy 2026.
The Directorate of Industries has uploaded both drafts on the Jharkhand Single Window Portal to invite comments from industry bodies, businesses and the public.
Steel plant, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
